A survey of multi-agent systems on distributed formation control

Y Liu, J Liu, Z He, Z Li, Q Zhang, Z Ding - Unmanned Systems, 2024 - World Scientific
Multi-agent formation control is an important part of distributed perception and cooperation,
which is convenient to complete various complex tasks and would be a key research …

An overview of recent advances in distributed coordination of multi-agent systems

R Yang, L Liu, G Feng - Unmanned Systems, 2022 - World Scientific
Distributed coordination of multi-agent systems (MASs) has received considerable attention
and advanced rapidly in the past years. This paper reviews the recent results on cooperative …

Distributed time-varying output formation tracking for heterogeneous linear multiagent systems with a nonautonomous leader of unknown input

Y Hua, X Dong, G Hu, Q Li, Z Ren - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies the time-varying output formation (TVOF) tracking problems for
heterogeneous linear multiagent systems with a nonautonomous leader on directed …

Cooperative target enclosing of ring-networked underactuated autonomous surface vehicles based on data-driven fuzzy predictors and extended state observers

Y Jiang, Z Peng, D Wang, Y Yin… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article addresses the cooperative target enclosing problem of ring-networked
underactuated autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs). The target velocity is unavailable, and …

GPS-free collaborative elliptical circumnavigation control for multiple non-holonomic vehicles

X Shao, S Li, J Zhang, F Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates a novel GPS-free collaborative elliptical circumnavigation control for
multiple non-holonomic vehicles, where two realistic issues—achieving a higher efficiency …

Bearing-only motional target-surrounding control for multiple unmanned surface vessels

BB Hu, HT Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a distributed bearing-only controller for multiple unmanned surface
vessels (USVs) to encircle and rotate evenly around a motional target with inter-USV …

Finite-time time-varying formation tracking for high-order multiagent systems with mismatched disturbances

Y Hua, X Dong, L Han, Q Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies the finite-time time-varying formation tracking problems for high-order
multiagent systems (MASs) under the influences of both mismatched disturbances and the …

Pigeon-inspired circular formation control for multi-UAV system with limited target information

M Huo, H Duan, Y Fan - Guidance, Navigation and Control, 2021 - World Scientific
The problem of cooperative circular formation with limited target information for multiple
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system is addressed in this paper. A pigeon-inspired …

Target localization and enclosing control for networked mobile agents with bearing measurements

L Dou, C Song, X Wang, L Liu, G Feng - Automatica, 2020 - Elsevier
The problem of localization and enclosing control of an unknown moving target by
networked mobile agents in a plane is considered in this paper. Each agent is supposed to …

[HTML][HTML] Distributed multicircular circumnavigation control for UAVs with desired angular spacing

S Li, X Shao, W Zhang, Q Zhang - Defence Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper addresses a multicircular circumnavigation control for UAVs with desired angular
spacing around a nonstationary target. By defining a coordinated error relative to …